The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

Austerity, if I were to define, I'll say, It's YOU.

I did not imagine that the second half of my life would be spent on efforts to avert a mortal danger to humanity created by science.

Power is the by-product of understanding.

The sky slowly pulled up its blue dress to reveal night.

My own field, the prevention of genetic disorders in babies, has been possible only because of humane work on animals.

I don't like being overexposed. I don't like being on covers. And I don't like people talking about me.

To be great is to assume great concerns.

Relative income uses two variables: the dollar and time, usually hours.

The experience of giving birth itself made me feel more womanly.

People can be cruelest to those they love.